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Question 396248: please help me solve this question:
You are traveling at 70. km per hr how fast are you going in miles per second?



Found 2 solutions by Alan3354, ewatrrr:
Answer by Alan3354(69443) About Me  (Show Source):
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1 mile = 1.609344 kms (exactly)
1 hour = 3600 seconds
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70 km/hr = 70 km/hr * (1/3600) hr/sec * (1/1.609344) mi/km
=~ 1.20822E-2 mi/sec
=~ 0.01208 mi/sec

Answer by ewatrrr(24785) About Me  (Show Source):
You can put this solution on YOUR website!


Hi

Note:  1km = .6214mi and 1 hr = 3600sec

 70km/1hr = 70*.6214mi/3600sec = 43.498mi/3600sec = .0121mi/sec